Mission
Bicycles Against Poverty (BAP) utilizes bicycles to increase accessibility to critical resources, facilitate community cooperation, and build financial management skills among low income entrepreneurs.
With BAP, which is based in northern Uganda, the bicycles serve as a tool for income generating activities, community cooperation, and access to social services - such as healthcare. Bicycle recipients make micropayments to BAP, which thereby promotes responsibility over the bicycle, microcredit management skills, and allows BAP to work towards financial sustainability.
History
Founded in 2008, BAP has already distributed 386 bicycles and reaches over 2,000 individuals on a weekly basis. BAP helps Ugandans access critical services daily, including: markets to sell goods, individual farms, health clinics, schools, and water sources. Gulu is a region in northern Uganda that has been affected by a civil war that lasted over two decades. The war-torn area has experienced relative stability for the past few years, yet is still recovering. Most BAP participants share the bicycle with their family members, neighbors, and other community members who are in need of more efficient transportation, thus, our ratio for individuals reached vs. bikes distributed is 5:1.
